Intimidation is a massive mental barrier for many athletes. It often happens when you compare yourself to your opponent’s skills before competition. Most intimidation in sports comes from psyching yourself out, which I call self-intimidation. Your first task to overcoming intimidation is to be very
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iPeak Coach Tips
Focus on the “Controllables”
Do you become distracted after arguing with an official about a bad call he made even when you knew the official was not going to change his call? You might have became upset or frustrated, lost your composure, and it affected you for several minutes to follow or even the rest of the
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Are You Getting in Your Own Way?
Athletes contact me everyday saying that they can't get out of their own way. Why would you want to sabotage your own success? Some people would answer "fear of success," but that's not likely. Fear of success, although it does cause athletes to self-destruct, is very rare in my work compared to the
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Overcome Your Comfort Zone
Many athletes hold themselves back with a comfort zone. What is a comfort zone in sports? A comfort zone is a mental barrier that limits what you think you are capable of and is hard to shake. A comfort zone is a problem whenever an athlete is playing better than expected or is in uncharted
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Dangers of Fear of Failure in Sports
Is your performance held back by fear? If your performance is stuck and not improving, it’s a good bet that you are limited by your own fear. Fear comes in many forms – fear of failure, fear of success, fear of embarrassment, and so on. Many of my students hit a wall of worry caused by these fears
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Take Confident Action
Are you in control of your own level of confidence prior to competition? Do you know how to harness the power of a confident mindset quickly when needed? If not, you need to take action – take confident action. Many athletes make the mistakes of not taking responsibility for their own confidence
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Boosting Kids Self-Esteem
When kids are so focused on winning that it takes them up to a day to recover from a loss, they likely link their self-worth or self-esteem to winning. That’s not the best scenario. When sports kids lose a game, their self-esteem suffers. Kids should not link their self-esteem with winning.
Kids’
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What is the Zone?
Athletes talk so much about performing in the zone and how awesome it feels. Many athletes view the zone as this magical, hard-to-obtain state of mind. But the zone is really not that complicated or hard to achieve. For sure, you can't expect to get into a zone state every time you compete, but you
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